jaculātor, ōris, m. id., a thrower, caster, hurler. In gen.: Enceladus jaculator audax (truncorum), Hor. C. 3, 4, 55: fulminis, Stat. Th. 12, 562; Arn. 4, 22: missis a rege Boccho jaculatoribus, Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 6.

— In partic. A thrower of the dart or javelin (a sort of light-armed soldier, who carried only a dart or javelin): jaculatorum manus, Liv. 36, 18; 21, 21 al.

— A caster of the net, a fisherman, Plaut. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 5, 2.

— Trop., an accuser: felix orator quoque maximus et jaculator, Juv. 7, 193.